Seppo Haataja, Finland 

Keynote Lecturer

Seppo Haataja became Director of the OASC secretariat in Brussels of the Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) initiative in 2015.

With leadership positions in hi-tech, economic development, research collaboration and product development at Nokia, VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) and the City of Tampere, Seppo brings 28 years of unique experience and knowledge to the secretariat, joining both a technology and city background with an economic policy, research and business profile. Seppo Haataja was strongly involved in establishing the Wi-Fi standard for wireless networking, which we now all take for granted. He comes from a role of heading the economic development program “Open Tampere” at the City of Tampere.